Overview
- Das was brought to Medanta Hospital in Lucknow unconscious on June 29 and was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection before being admitted to the intensive care unit.
- Medanta says a specialist team is monitoring him round the clock and that he has a urinary infection plus a mild lung infection being treated in ICU.
- The hospital has given varying short-term recovery estimates, reporting both an expected two to three day discharge and a separate three to four day improvement timeline.
- Das, 89, has a recent history of age-related health problems including earlier hospital stays this year and a 2022 kidney/UTI episode that have limited his ability to attend meetings in person.
- Officials and wire agencies say his fitness to preside over the July 6 Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust meeting is uncertain and further hospital updates will determine how the trust addresses the resignations of trustees Champat Rai and Anil Mishra.